odyssey1234 Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 Hello all, I'm interested in starting writing software for the iPhone.. but I don't own a Mac (and buying one really isn't in the cards right now.. I already have all of the hardware I otherwise need, and I can't justify the expense unless I'd make enough $ selling my software on the App store.. which is by no means a given). My plan is to purchase a new 2.5" hard drive (so I don't need to worry about dual booting/partitioning with Vista.. unless this is something trivial to do?), and install on my laptop - a Dell Inspiron 1520. I'm wondering if anyone knows if, for my particular hardware setup, the install of OSX 10.5.5 (need this version for iPhone) would be successful. My hardware: Dell Inspiron 1520 CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo T7300 @ 2.0 GHz GPU: nVidia GeForce 8600GT, 256MB RAM: 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-5300, 5-5-5-15 Wifi: Dell Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n minicard Bluetooth: Dell Truemobile 355 Bluetooth + EDR Monitor: 1280x800 native resolution DVD burner: TSSTcorp DVD+-RW TS-L632D I'd greatly appreciate any assistance. I'm completely new to Macs! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141404-newbie-installing-osx-on-dell-inspiron-1520/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
odyssey1234 Posted December 18, 2008 Author Share Posted December 18, 2008 Changed the topic to something more descriptive. Hopefully someone can help me out here? I don't want to buy a new hd (or blow away my Windows install..) if this isn't going to work! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141404-newbie-installing-osx-on-dell-inspiron-1520/#findComment-1003820 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoran565 Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I am new at this too. I think you should first check if your CPU supports SSE3 instruction set (probably it does - all newer machines do). There is a little utility CPU_Z at http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php Google for videos and tutorials on how to install OS X on PC. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/141404-newbie-installing-osx-on-dell-inspiron-1520/#findComment-1003893 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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